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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 54-56 |
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Pyopericardium manifesting as cardiac tamponade: A rare presentation of a common disease
Parvathareddy Krishna Mala Konda Reddy, Praveen Nagula, Naga Venkata Raghava Balla, Syed Zia Hussain
Department of Cardiology, Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Praveen Nagula
Department of Cardiology, Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad - 500 012, Telangana
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/rcm.rcm_6_22
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Pyopericardium is a rare fatal pericardial disease. It manifesting as cardiac tamponade is rare and because of tuberculosis is extremely rare. We present the case of a 20-year-old female who presented with worsening dyspnea, low-grade fever, and weight loss. Echocardiography showed pericardial effusion with tamponade. After pericardiocentesis, the purulent aspirate on analysis confirmed the etiology as tuberculosis. The patient improved after the initiation of antituberculosis therapy and steroids.
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